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003			OCoLC
005			20240726104728.0
008			140820s2014 enkf ob 001 0 eng d
040			_aUKPGM _beng _erda _epn _cUKPGM _dOCLCO _dYDXCP _dIDEBK _dNLGGC _dCDX _dOCLCF _dNT
020			_a9781137313157 _q((electronic)l(electronic)ctronic)
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050	0	4	_aDA530 _b.P393 2014
049			_aNTA
100	1		_aGough, Barry M., _e1
245	1	0	_aPax Britannica : _bruling the waves and keeping the peace before armageddon / _cBarry Gough.
260			_aHoundmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire : _bPalgrave Macmillan, _c(c)2014.
300			_a1 online resource (xxx, 347 pages, 24 pages of plates)
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
347			_adata file _2rda
490	1		_aBritain and the world
520	0		_aWhen at last peace descended with the end of the Napoleonic War and the War of 1812, British statesmen sought to enhance their new-won world order. They had to seek security under financial restraint. They pared back the Navy. The put their faith in bases as 'anchors of empire' on every ocean and annex. Profit and power were twin pillars of state thinking, to which were added freedom of navigation, the end of the slave trade, the crusade against piracy and above all slavery. In addition, the Navy took up surveying the waters of the world, as an inducement to safe navigation and prosperous trade. This book by world-expert Barry Gough examines the period of "Pax Britannica", in the century before World War I. Following events of those 100 years, the book follows how the British failed to maintain their global hegemony of sea power in the face of continental challenges. How they made accommodations with Japan in order to secure their interests against Imperial Russia, a new Pacific power. How they faced the insurmountable threat of Imperial Germany on the Continent of Europe. And how, apart from the Foreign Office and the Admiralty, the British state was largely unprepared for the war that came in 1914, and the crisis of 1914, which marks the end of "Pax Britannica".The long recessional followed, with the United States forming the new naval power of the twentieth century. From the British to the American naval ascendancy the fate of the world turned.
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505	0	0	_aDefining pax Britannica -- _tEmpire of the seas -- _tAnchors of empire -- _tSurveying the seas, expanding the empire of science -- _tInformal and formal empires in the Americas -- _tChallenges of Europe, the mediterranean, and the Black Sea -- _tIndian Ocean, Singapore and the China seas -- _tImperial web in the South Pacific -- _tSend a gunboat! -- _tAnti-slaver: West Africa and the Americas -- _tTreaty making and Dhow Chasing in the Indian Ocean -- _tDarkening horizons -- _tThe lion and the eagle -- _tTrident bearers: the navy as Britannia's instrument -- _tRecessional: end of pax Britannica and the American inheritance.
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610	1	0	_aGreat Britain. _bRoyal Navy _xHistory.
650		0	_aCivilization, Modern _xBritish influences.
650		0	_aPeace _xHistory _y19th century.
650		0	_aPeace _xHistory _y20th century.
610	2	4	_aGreat Britain. _bRoyal Navy.
655		1	_aElectronic Books.
856	4	0	_zClick to access digital title | log in using your CIU ID number and my.ciu.edu password. _uhttpss://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=998972&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518
942			_cOB _D _eEB _hDA _m2014 _QOL _R _x _8NFIC _2LOC
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902			_a1 _bCynthia Snell _c1 _dCynthia Snell